Networks
Networks
- Ethernet for Basta and non-Bahia interactive stations
- FDDI rings for connections among major components, some servers
- ATM Status
- All cards at 155 Mbps
- Effective thruput about 100 Mbps/card
- SVC for disk and tape servers (simplifies administration)
- Problems
- Growing pains with drivers
- No broadcast (and none any time soon) ==> special gymnastics for NIS (and what will we have to do for DCE?)